Foldable furniture



A. RAPP.

'FOLDABLE FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED umso, 1920.

Patenfhd May 11, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET A. RAPP.

FOLDABLE FURNITURE- APPLICATION FILED MN. 30, I920.

1,339,669, Patented May 11, 1920.

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ANDREW RAPP, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDABLE FURNITURE.

Application filed January 80,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW RAPP, a citizen of the. United States of America residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in F oldable Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

he present invention relates to convertible furniture and has for its object to provide a construction whereby the furniture may be readily converted into a bed or combination desk and settee, such as used in schools, or folded together into the form of a box or cabinet to occupy the least possible s ace.

Wit this object in view my invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing which forms part of this specification and in which .similar reference characters denote corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a pers ective view of the folded and contracted rniture; Fig. 2 a perspective view of the furniture extended to form a combination settee and desk; Fig. 3 a perspective view of the unfolded and extended furniture forming a bed; Fig. 4 a vertical section on line.44 of Fi 1; Fig. 5 a vertical section on line 55 0 Fig. 3 and Fig. 6 a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawing more in detail the furniture when entirely folded up and contracted has the appearance of a substantially rectangular box or cabinet (1. The same is composed of a base portion b, sectional side walls 0, d, e end walls f and g and a top h. The base 1;, side wall sections 0, (Z and the end wall 9 are connected together to form a single unit, while the side wall sections 6 are connected" together by a bottom piece or board a and with the end wall f to form another unit. These two units are connected to ether to be extendible, so that when exten ed into the position shown in Fig. 2, the first named unit constitutes a desk and the second unit a settee or bench. The side walls e are extended downwardly beyond the seat or board 2' to form legs for the settee and are formed near the lower ed e on their outer faces with projecting longitudinal borders 6 of dove-tailed cross section adapted toslidably engage Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11', 1920.

1920. Serial 110. 855,086.

correspondingly shaped grooves b in the sides of the base portion 1). The n per ed 5 e of the sections 6 are cut out so stantia y in the form shown and are adapted when the two units arecontracted into-the compact position of Fi 1 to fit in and fill up the spaces 0 forme by correspondingly cut out portions of the side sections 0, while the curved end edges 0 and d of the sections a, 41 will bear against the curved edges of the upwardly extended rear parts e of the sections 6.

The sections (1 to which the board or top it is fixed are pivotally attached to the sections a by hinges Z or the like fixed between the adjacent edges of the said sections and rmitting the top to be tilted forwardly into the position shown in Fig. 3 when it is desired to convert the furniture into a bed. The parts are so admeasured that the seat 5 of the settee will be even with the lower face of the board or top it when unfolded into the position shown in Fig. 3.

Extending between and fixed to the lower reduced portions of the two side wall sections 0 is a shelf like sectional board 3', j the sections of which are hinged together as at 7' and ada ted to fold flat u on one another, when t e furniture is entirely folded up and contracted or when extended into the form shown in Fig. 2, but which can be unfolded so as to overbridge the space between the seat a' and the unfolded to h and to serve as a rest for a mattress. he sections j are so admeasured and arranged that when unfolded they will fill the gap between the front edge of the seat 6 and the rear edge of the unfolded top h and will be even with the latter and the seat.

Pivotally secured to the bottom face of the seat are horizontally tilting lateral arms 0 which are adapted when the furniture is converted into a bed to be swung out from underneath the seat and to extend parallel to the side walls and serve as rests for the unfolded section j. The free ends 0' of these arms 0 are hook shaped and adapted to engage grooves a in the side sections 0 of the desk unit to be thereby locked in unfolded position.

The front end wall 9 is pivotally connected to the base by a hin e k or the like, so asto tilt forwardly, an permit the top It to be unfolded into the position shown in Fig. 3 and serve as an auxiliary support therefor when in that position.

Looking hooks p and 1- are fixed to the sections 0 and g respectivel and ada ted when the parts are contracte into the orm of a box, as shown in Fig. 1, to engage pins 9 and s respectively to lock the parts in com act position.

The space between the top it and shelf like board 7', 7" may be utilized for storing a foldable mattress n made to fit over the extended and unfolded parts when constitut ing the bed, as indicated by dotted lines in file article thus constructed may be carried out in small size to serve as a toy.

What I claim is:

1. A convertible piece of furniture, composed of two separate units, of which one constitutes a desk and the other a settee, both said units being extendibly engaged with one another to be capable of contraction and expansion, the to of the desk being tiltable so that in un olded position it will be even with the seat of the settee and constitute with same a bed, and a foldable shelf like member below the top adapted in unfolded position to overbridge the space between the seat and the unfolded top to complete the bed.

2. A convertible piece of furniture, composed of two units, of which one constitutes a desk and the other a settee, the latter havin lateral extensions slidably en aging the si es of the desk and permittl t e settee to be extended or folded under t e top of the desk, the top of said desk being tiltable and adapted in unfolded position to lie even with the seat of the settee to serve with the latter as a bed and a foldable shelf seat of said settee, and in unfolded position 5 to constitute with said seat a bed, a shelf like, foldable member under the top adapted in its unfolded position to overbridge the space between said seat and the unfolded top and complete the bed and means for 5 locking the parts together in contracted and folded position, Y

LA convertible article, consisting of a desk and a settee extendibl en aged with one another, the top of'sai pable of tilting forwardly to extend evenly with the seat of the settee and constitute with the latter a bed, a member under the top of the desk serving as a shelf when the article is folded and as a rest part of the bed 6 when the article is unfolded, means capable of engaging the desk when settee is extended to lock the latter in extended position andmeans for locking the parts in contracted and folded position. 7

In testimonywhereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW RAPP. Witnesses:

D. ORDMANN, Josnrn T. MOMAHON.

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